[PATCH] softmac: correctly use netif_carrier_{on,off}
TODO: add callbacks for ifup/ifdown (see mailing list)
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c
index 79ef959..ea4a19e 100644
--- a/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c
+++ b/net/ieee80211/softmac/ieee80211softmac_module.c
@@ -40,21 +40,10 @@
softmac->txrates.default_rate = IEEE80211_CCK_RATE_1MB;
softmac->txrates.default_fallback = IEEE80211_CCK_RATE_1MB;
- /* should we also assign softmac->mgmt_xmit here so
- * that it is always valid? If so, we probably want
- * to define a new function for that which just
- * wraps ieee80211_tx_frame
- */
+ /* to start with, we can't send anything ... */
+ netif_carrier_off(dev);
- /* until associated, we're not ready */
- dev->flags &= ~IFF_RUNNING;
-
return dev;
-
-err_free_ieee80211:
- free_ieee80211(dev);
-
- return NULL;
}
/* Clears the pending work queue items, stops all scans, etc. */